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UNCANOONUC I 
MOUNTAINS 



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GEOLOGY, SCENERY AND 
POINTS OF INTEREST 

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THE UNCANOONUC 
MOUNTAINS 

ILLUSTRATED 

GEOLOGY, SCENERY, CASINO, 
RAILROAD, AND VIEWS 



CONTAINING ALSO, WHERE POSSIBLE, 
LATITUDE, LONGITUDE, MAGNETIC BEAR- 
INGS, ALTITUDES, DISTANCES, AND 
TOWNS IN WHICH THE DIFFERENT 
POINTS SEEN ARE LOCATED 

TOGETHER WITH THE ORIGIN AND 
MEANING OF THE DIFFERENT NAMES, 
AS WELL AS LEGENDS CONNECTED WITH 
THE SEVERAL POINTS OF INTEREST, AND 
FULL INSTRUCTIONS HOW TO GO TO 
THE UNCANOONUC. 

WRITTEN AND COMPILED BY 

GEORGE V. HAMLIN 

COPYRIGHT APPLIED FOR 



MANCHESTER, N. H, 

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UNCANOONUC 

Near the mountain there is lying rich beauty 

all around, 
Where the squirrels are all vieing to make 

homes within the ground; 
Where the railway now is winding up the 

grand old mound, 
There dull care is always sleeping, sleeping 

on this cool, cool mound. 

CHORUS 

Down in the lowlands see those pretty 

towns — 
In the distance we see rising 
Many other old, old mounds. 

While the laurel is all blooming, when the 

year is young, 
It's good to know the sun is rising and is so 

bright and strong; 
Then the trees push out their leaflets near 

the stately hill, 
See, the summer days are coming, nature 

will be brighter still. — Chorus. 

Mountains make some people love them for 

they are so grand. 
The Uncanoonuc is a gem, tow'ring o'er a 

fertile land. 
Here you cannot brood in sorrow, nor feel 

the teardrops flow, 
Come, and drive away care's furrow viewing 

nature's grand old show. — Chorus. 



UNCANOONUC MOUNTAINS 



That "God is no respecter of per- 
sons," seems more than ever accentuated 
when one is in the awful presence of his 
works — such works as cascades, water- 
falls and oceans, gigantic rocks and ma- 
jestic mountains. 

And especially is this awful pres- 
ence felt when standing upon some lordly 
summit, enjoying the ever-thrilling sen- 
sation, due to a wonderfully extended hor- 
izon, of opening the eyes, for perhaps 
the first time, in childlike wonder, upon 
a scene of constantly varying views. 

It is this childishness, infused into 
your soul by the sight of a part, which 
puts you into the frame of mind best 
suited to the proper realization of the 
infinitude of things, and of nature and 
nature's God, for we must realize it 
then, we find ourselves nothing more 
than children. 

Humility and reverence thus derived 
make us broader and better men, despis- 



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ing human frivolities and meaningless 
conventionalities — realizing the insignifi- 
cant circumference of the circle of human 
knowledge, the boast of superficiality. 

The Uncanoonucs, though of no 
great altitude, they being only 1,348 feet 
high, are yet by no means insignificant 
mountains, for, surrounded as they are 
by unequalled topographical and geo- 
logical conditions, it is seldom indeed 
that one finds a vantage point like the 
left summit from which to view a vast 
territory, every aspiring point of which 
is immortalized as the scene of historic 
activities between our fathers and the 
whole-souled children of nature, whose 
domains they invaded — whose peace 
they disturbed — whose property they vi- 
olated. 

From the Uncanoonucs, N. Lat. 
42° 58' 58", West Long. 71« 35' 19" can 
be seen, not only the immediate sur- 
rounding country, but the eye reaches 
over a hundred miles to the north and 
exults in the view of Mount Washington, 
in the White Mountains, the highest 
peak east of the Rockies. 

Turning now to the east and nearly 
fifty miles away, the vision is obstructed 



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by Agamenticus, in Maine, near Ogun- 
quit, and Cape Neddick. Looking now 
to the south east, the sight feasts itself 
upon the great Atlantic. 

Still farther south and almost di- 
rectly south of Boston the beholder may 
see Blue Hill, and lastly, by facing a lit- 
tle to the north of west, we see, again 
beyond the borders of our state, into 
Vermont, where the peak of Mount As- 
cutney, one of the Green Mountains, is 
seen. 

If no greater advantages than those 
just enumerated were to be enjoyed from 
the summit of this Pride of the Granite 
State, they alone would repay the incon- 
veniences of a long journey to enjoy 
them. 

But, this is not all. Besides all 
this, there are to be seen fully twenty 
other peaks or summits, as well as dis- 
tant ponds, rivers and lakes, and towns 
and cities, all of which will receive 
proper notice as we proceed. 

In addition to all this, the Unca- 
noonucs are of special interest and im- 
portance to engineers, because of the 
very important part they play in the 



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United States Coast Survey, and the tri- 
angulation of the state of New Hamp- 
shire. 

Between the left summit and that 
of Great Monadnock, in Jaffrey, extends 
the base line, carefully determined by 
the United States government, "By 
means of the most delicate instruments." 
The exact point at which this line inter- 
sects the Uncanoonucs is shown by a 
large copper bolt, under a stone, on the 
site of an observation tower which stood 
formerly, on this summit. 

It will be readily seen, then, that 
the Uncanoonucs have a great deal to 
commend them to student or tourist. 

NAME 

The name Uncanoonuc is said to 
be from the Indian word Kuncannowet, 
of the Massachusetts Indians, meaning 
breasts. This name is probably so ap- 
plied, because of the human form seem- 
ingly represented by Joe English Hill 
3.S the head, the Uncanoonucs the breasts 
and Shirley Hill and other lowlands to 
the east and north the abdomen. 



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CONTOUR 

The shape of these mountains is 
mound like. The summits are gently 
rounding and the sides slope gracefully 
from the summits on all sides, produc- 
ing beauty and symmetry. 

GEOLOGY 

The geological formation of the 
Uncanoonucs is quartz, granite and lake 
gneiss, the greater portion being gneiss. 
"Granite is found at the west base, just 
by the west line of Goffstown." On 
these mountains garnets of fine size and 
quality are numerous — exposed to view. 

APPROACHING UNCANOONUCS FROM 
SHIRLEY STATION 

Starting from Shirley Station on 
the North Weare Branch of the Boston 
& Maine Railroad, on the cars of the 
Uncanoonuc Railway Company, pas- 
sengers are carried over steadily rising, 
yet undulating ground, the whole dis- 
tance — by clearings, trout brooks, anti- 
quated dwellings — through varied belts 



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of temperature — under arches formed by 
the overhanging trees of the forests, 
through which the road is built — hill- 
sides alternately blanching and blushing 
with variegated arbutus and mountain 
laurel — intermittent sunshine and dark- 
ness. Then, rounding a beautiful curve, 
the cars emerge into the glen at the 
base of the left mountain and at just 
the right angle to unfold to the now 
eager visitor, a veritable fairyland. This 
taste, at the base of the mountain, of so 
much of the sublime and beautiful in 
nature, instills a feverish haste to as- 
cend to the summit and there dissipate 
in the entrancing and intoxicating de- 
lights of the greater outlook. The well 
known aphorism, "Anticipation exceeds 
realization," has been reversed, and 
here at least, when impatient and hungry 
eyes open upon such an indescribably 
magnificent panorama of neighboring 
hills, ponds, rivers, towns and cities, to- 
gether with the profusion of leaf and blos- 
som, and fanned by the constant and 
soothing mountain zephyrs, standing be- 
tween earth and sky, away from the hum 
of the noisy city, one finds that realiza- 
tion exceeds the wildest anticipation. 




CASINO ON SUMMIT 



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INCLINE RAILWAY 

The Uncanoonuc Incline Railway is 
a modern cable-trolley electric mountain 
railway. The large sumptuous observa- 
tion cars, seating sixty people, and mak- 
ing half-hourly trips between summit 
and glen, are the last thing in the car 
builder's art. They are equipped with 
every automatic and other safety appli- 
ance known to railroad engineering, also 
electric lights and signals. They start, 
move and stop so gently that, though 
the speed is five hundred feet per 
minute, the passenger, were it not for 
the moving landscape, would hardly ap- 
preciate that the car was in motion. 
The steepest grade of the ascent is only 
33 per cent., and at this point, if the ob- 
server will but flirt his eyes to the south- 
ward and eastward, he will behold a 
never-to-be-forgotten scene of beauty. 
The lower terminal station in the glen, 
is a model of its kind, and like all the rest 
of the equipment of the company, is de- 
signed for the comfort, convenience and 
safety of its patrons, and it is also ample 
and in every way suitable. 



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ROAD BED 

The road bed is of crushed stone, 
is solid and substantial in every way 
and meets the most rigid exactions. 

TRACK 

The line of railroad up the moun- 
tain is a single track, provided with a 
patent automatic turnout and safety 
guard rails. The turnout half way up 
the mountain is a clever device, so con- 
structed as to permit the cars to meet 
and pass each other on a single track 
standard guage railroad. 

SUMMIT 

Five minutes after leaving the glen, 
(allowing forstops to takeon orlet off pas- 
sengers), the car reaches the summit at 
exactly the same moment that the de- 
scending car stops in the glen. 

Here, upon the best possible site on 
the whole mountain, is to be found the 
large and palatial Casino, constructed 
solely for the pleasure and convenience 
of its guests as attest the following: 



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1st. Thirty-eight large, airy, well 
lighted and furnished rooms. 

2nd. Electric bells in every room. 

3rd. Bathrooms with hot and cold 
water. 

4th. Large observation parlor. 

5th. Observation tower, 85 feet 
high. 

6th. Largest amusement hall in 
the state. 

7th. Mammoth dining hall and pri- 
vate dining rooms. 

8th. Ice cream and lunch tables 
on main floor. 

9th. Field glasses and telescopes. 

10th. Grand display of electric 
lights. 

11th. 20,000 candle power search 

light. 

12th. Long distance and local tel- 
ephones. 

13th. Its equipment is thorough 
and entirely modern. 

14th. Special rates given clubs, or- 
ders and organizations. 

The observation tower is a part of 
the Casino and rises high above the rest 
of it. 



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MOUNTAIN PARK 



Surrounding the Casino, and cover- 
ing the whole summit of the mountain, , 
is the naturally beautiful,and handsomely 1 
laid out Mountain Park. There are 
benches and tables for out of door feast- 
ing; in fact every possible convenience 
which will not detract from the natural. 

ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE LIFE 

The vegetation of the mountain, 
from the base to the summit, represents 
several plant zones. All the wild ani- 
mals indigenous to this climate, except 
the larger and more ferocious, are found 
here, including deer. The number and 
variety of bird life is simply astonishing, 
beautiful feathered birds, sweet song 
birds, of which class there are many 
warblers, the hermit thrush, owls, savage 
hawks, and even the American eagle are 
common in the vicinity of the Uncanoo- 
nucs. It is not a rare or uncommon 
sight to behold an eagle, seemingly fixed 
in the air on outstretched wings, and 
then, almost before the beholder is aware 
of any change in the position of the bird, 



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he sees him swoop with lightning-like 
rapidity upon his unsuspecting prey, 
rarely missing it. 

STREETS AND LANES 

Streets and lanes have been laid out 
on the mountain and in the glen; and 
the summer colony of both mountain 
and glen is rapidly increasing. Houses, 
log cabins and bungalows are already 
numerous, with many more projected. 
All streets have been surveyed and laid 
out in the manner best calculated to al- 
low for the greatest possible number of 
desirable building sites, and also to con- 
serve as far as seemed consistent with 
the general plan, primitive conditions. 

Wherever and whenever, since this 
wonderful retreat was first opened to the 
public, it was possible to do so, the man- 
agement has unhesitatingly deferred to 
nature. 

VIEW FROM THE SUMMIT 

The view presented from the sum- 
mit of Uncanoonuc is incomparable. It 
stands pre-eminent. It is in a class 



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of its own. It is the center of a circle 
of observation whose diameter is two 
hundred miles. Thirty-two listed dis 
tant ponds, lakes, rivers, hills and 
mountains, spires and monuments, towns 
and cities, the Atlantic Ocean, and many 
places so far unlisted and undetermined. 
Crotchet Mountain-^\n Francestown, N. 

Lat. 42°, 59', 53"; W. Long. 71°, 52', 

27"; has an altitude of 2,066 feet; 

mag. bear. N. 74 22 W., and is 14.50 

miles distant. 
Ascutney — Mag. bear. N. 46 20 W.; N. 

Lat. 43°, 26', 45"; W. Long. 72°, 27', 

08"; has an altitude of 3,168 ft.; in 

Vermont. 
Zovell—Mag. bear. N. 44 57 W.; N. Lat. 

43°, 12', 11"; W. Long. 72°, 03', 42"; 

in the town of Washington; 28 miles; 

altitude 2,487 feet. 
Sunapee — Mag. bear. N. 34 45 W.; N. 

Lat. 43°, 17', 56"; W. Long. 72°, 03', 

51"; in the town of Newbury, 32.5 

miles; altitude 2,683 feet. 
^Stewart— M2Lg. bear. N. 25 48 W.; N. 

Lat. 43°, 15', 04"; W. Long. 71°, 52', 

04"; in the town of Warner; 23.29 

miles, altitude 1,808 feet. 



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Kearsarge--M3Lg. bear. N. 14 38 W.; N. 
Lat. 43°, 22', 58"; W. Long. 71°, 51', 
28"; in the town of Warner; 31 miles; 
altitude 2,943 feet. 

There seems to be considerable 
confusion in reference to the name 
of this mountain, not only in its 
origin, but in its use. One author 
says: "It was first called Hezekiah 
Sargent's Hill, from the name of an 
early owner; it was next contracted 
into Kiah Sarg'nt's, and later, long af- 
ter Sargent's death, Kiarsarge's, and 
finally as now." Another contends 
that Kearsarge is derived from the In- 
dian word Kesarzet, meaning, "The 
proud or selfish," because of the fact 
that it stands proudly alone. 

Still another contends that Pequaw- 
ket in North Conway is Kearsarge, and 
Pequawket is Indian for Kearsarge. 
As a matter of fact, many of the maps 
of our state show two mountains bear- 
ing the name of Kearsarge. The 
whole confusion is undoubtedly due 
to the hotel interests in the north 
part of the state. These interests, in- 
flamed by the success of the United 
States Steamship Kearsarge in its en- 



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gagement off the French harbor of 
Cherbourg with the English-built, 
Confederate-manned Alabama; and of 
the fast growing popularity of the true 
Kearsarge, for which the ship was 
named, desired in some way to divert 
the summer travel from it, and bring 
it, if possible, to the north. The name 
was stolen and misapplied to the 
mountain in Conway. 

Moosilauke — Meaning Moose Region, 
originally applied to the vicinity, and 
later, to the mountain. Mag. bear. N. 
44 E.; N.Lat. 44°, 01', 23"; W.Long. 
71°, 49' 55"; is in the towns of War- 
ner and Benton; 73.5 miles; altitude 
4,811 feet. 

Rattlesyiake Hill — near Pennacook, Mag. 
bear. N. 14 13 E.; N.Lat. 43°, 13', 41"; 
W. Long. 71°, 34', 18"; 16.94 miles; 
altitude 783 feet. 

Bean /MZ— Mag. bear. N. 15 37 E.; N. 
Lat. 43°, 23', 48"; W. Long. 71°, 32', 
49"; in the town of Northfield, 28.64 
miles, altitude 1,515 feet. 

Lafayette— Udig. bear. N. 44 E.; N. 
Lat. 44°, 09', 38"; W. Long. 71°, 38', 
41"; in town of Franconia, 82 miles; 





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altitude 5,259 feet. Named to perpet- 
uate the memory of Gen. Lafayette. 
Washington — Mag. bear. N. 19 35 E. 
One of the Agiochooks, (Indian for 
White Mountains), and was also called 
Kodaak-Wajo, meaning the hidden 
mountain, because its summit was so 
often cloud-capped. 

From this summit, according to In- 
dian tradition, Passaconnaway held con- 
ferences with the spirits above, and 
afterwards, from this summit, went to 
the Great Councils in Heaven. 

Washington is also of the Presiden- 
tial Range, which consists of eleven 
noble mountains and, as in the hearts 
of his country-men he always ranked 
first, here Washington still maintains 
his dignity and grandeur. On the 
side of Washington is Tuckerman's 
Ravine, where a beautiful Indian maid- 
en, after tiring of endless suitors for 
her heart and hand, strolled away to 
Glen Ellis Falls and wedded the god 
of the mountain, in whose arms she 
was seen by some huntsmen. Her pa- 
rents are said never to have seen her 
more ; but the good spirit blessed them 



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— repaid them for her sake, by making 
it easy to get large game if they would 
but go to the pool for it. 

Here also, in the White Mountains, 
lived a Sokoki Chief, Assacumbit. He 
was extremely cruel and murderous. 
He was hated and feared by the Eng- 
lish, but he was strongly attached to 
the French and, under their leader- 
ship, later on, he won great renown. 
In 1705 a French general sent him to 
France. He was introduced to Louis 
XIV, who presented him with a sword. 
When the chieftain held out his hand 
to receive the sword he said, "This 
hand has slain one hundred and forty 
of your Majesty's enemies in New 
England." "This so pleased the king 
that he knighted him and commanded 
a pension of eight livres a day to be 
allowed him for life." Here also is the 
Crawford Notch, through which, when 
it was first opened to travel, the first 
article carried was a barrel of rum, 
it having been offered by a company 
in Portland to whoever should get it 
up through. 
Whiteface—Msig. bear. N. 19 19 E.; N. 
Lat. 430, 56', 00"; W. Long. 71°, 24', 



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21"; in town of Waterville; 66 miles; 
altitude 4,007 feet. 
Gunstock — Mag. bear. N. 28 00 E.; just 
south of Lake Winnipiseogee; is in 
the town of Gilford. 

The line of vision of the last three 
crosses Lakes Winnipiseogee and 
Squam, the latter of which is from the 
Indian Wonneasquamauke, meaning 
"Beautifully surrounded place of 
water," and it also furnishes us with 
the following beautiful little legend, 
to wit : 

On this lake, at Squaw Cove, the 
lovely Indian girl Suneta, who had 
been forced by her father to marry an 
old man, ran away on her wedding 
night, with the man she loved. The 
angry husband soon awoke, and pursu- 
ing saw, in a blinding flash of light- 
ning, the lover drown in the lake. 
Upon his invocation another blinding 
flash came out of the sky, followed by 
infernal roarings which so filled the 
valleys that his heart momentarily 
stopped. He now repented and called 
to Suneta, who did not answer. He 
fell to the earth in a deep sleep, from 



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which he awoke next morning in the 
bright sunshine, with painful memo- 
ries, and saw, near the spot where 
had perished Suneta's lover. Squaw 
Rock — his wife turned to stone. 

Catamount — Mag. bear. N. 47 35 E.; N- 
Lat. 43°, 16', 30"; W. Long. 71°, 17' 
45"; is in the town of Pittsfield; 25 
miles; altitude 1,341 feet. 

Paxotucaioa — Mag. bear. N. 75 44 E.; is 
in town of Nottingham; 21.95 miles; 
altitude 1,000 feet. 

Agameiiticus — Mag. bear. N. 81 01 E.; 
is in Maine, near Ogunquit; 48.27 
miles; altitude 742 feet. 

Shirley Hill — Is nearly east of the Un- 
canoonucs, and is so near to them as 
to appear, when seen from a distance, 
as a part of them. It is, however, a 
large hill, standing alone, and is well 
worth a visit when in the vicinity. 

Upon this hill is a large bowlder, so 
poised that it can be rocked by the 
application of a remarkably slight 
force. It is known as Tipping Rock. 
Also upon this hill is the magnificent 
hostelry known throughout the coun- 
try, as the Shirley Hill House — the 



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largest summer hotel in southern New- 
Hampshire. It is eight hundred feet 
above the sea and has a splendid view, 
extending on the north to the White 
Mountains, on the south to the hills 
of Massachusetts, and on the east to 
the sea coast. 

It is only a mile from the Uncanoo- 
nucs, six miles from, and five hundred 
feet above, the city of Manchester, 
whose thousand lights present a rare 
sight at night. The lights of Nashua 
and many smaller towns are also seen 
from the spacious piazza of the hotel, 
which has an area of three thousand 
feet. The hotel and cottages, which 
are luxurious in their appointment, 
furnishing every comfort to guests, 
accomodate two hundred. Good roads, 
pleasant walks, bathing, garage, stables, 
bowling and pool rooms, and tele- 
phones. The farm connected contains 
several hundred acres, and the home 
production of wholesome milk, vege- 
tables, fruits and berries for the table; 
trying all the time to make them bet- 
ter is the aim of the management. 
Yacum Hill — Also in Goffstown, is 
somewhat east and south of Shirley 



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Hill. At this place there is a clear 
crystal spring of mineral water. At 
this spring, until a few years ago, 
there stood a summer resort, known 
as the Yacum Spring House. 
Goffstown — Looking now to the north 
east, we behold the beautiful valley 
village of Goffstown, a delightful cli- 
mate, fire protection, good streets, elec- 
tric hghts, fine schools and an excel- 
lent library, steam and electric cars. 
A good hotel, a post office and good 
stores. A desirable home town. 

Prominent among the stores of this 
town is the neat, well-lighted, commo- 
dious and well-stocked store of the 
enterprising young merchant, Mr. W. 
W, Porritt & Co. At this store, which 
is a veritable emporium of all the 
things usually found in a first-class 
general store, may be found meats, 
vegetables, groceries, fruits and con- 
fectionery, souvenirs, and every staple 
to be found in a thoroughly equipped 
hardware store, paints and varnishes, 
etc. Mr. Porritt has made a thorough 
study of the needs of his business and 
every article in his business is his 



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specialty, and no orders are too large 
for him to fill, nor too small to receive 
his courteous and immediate attention. 
Mr. Porritt enjoys a large trade from 
the Uncanoonuc Mountain and makes 
a specialty of catering to cottagers 
and summer residents. It is a pleas- 
ure to deal at this place,for quality and 
fair prices, and courteous treatment 
and fair dealing is the motto of this 
store and the reason of its success. 

While visiting Goffstown the tour- 
ist should not fail to visit the large 
general store of Parker & Son, where 
merchandise of all kinds can be pur- 
chased as advantageously as in the 
city. At this store one can get gro- 
ceries and provisions, oils, paints and 
varnishes, hardware, cigars and to- 
bacco, confectionery and dry goods, 
boots, shoes and rubbers; the entire 
stock consisting of goods of quality. 
The Parkers have been continuously 
engaged in this business for many 
years, and the patron of this store 
gets the benefit of carefully selected 
and purchased goods. This store 
quickly and courteously fills all orders 



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with painstaking care. It has teams, 
and is prepared to deliver purchases 
to customers in the village from 8 a. 
M. to 5 p. M. daily, and on regular 
trips which cover Parker Station and 
the following hills, viz: Pattee, Paige, 
Kennedy and Shirley, once a week. 
Parker & Son's store is at the end 
of the Manchester and Goffstown car 
line, and persons waiting for cars are 
always welcome. 
Bretton Inn — A fine remodeled and up- 
to-date hotel of twenty-four clean, 
light and airy rooms, fine furniture 
and carpets, parlor, reading room and 
office, large well-lighted dining room 
seating sixty guests, music, telephones, 
and ice cream parlor connected, and 
a garage. 

The house is thoroughly lighted by 
electricity, heated by steam, and the 
sanitary equipment is thorough and 
modern, with fine baths supplied by 
continuous hot water. Bretton Inn is 
also in the Fire Precinct of Goffstown 
and has the best protection against 
fire. An ideal place, easy of access 
to Manchester. Its proprietor, Mr. 
M. L. Murphy, unceasingly makes 



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the convenience and comfort of his 
guests his first consideration. 
Maiichester — In the east, but extending 
further north and south, we behold, 
like a gem in a perfect setting, the 
busy and beautiful city of Manchester, 
the metropolis of New Hampshire. 

In the neighboring city of Man- 
chester are some notable institutions 
that are widely known the country 
over. 

The world's greatest cotton mills of 
the Amoskeag Manufacturing Com- 
pany, employing over sixteen thousand 
fairly treated and contented employ- 
ees, and having the greatest daily out- 
put of manufactured cotton cloth in 
the country, together with the New 
Hampshire Fire Insurance Company 
are domiciled here. 

This latter company writes fire in 
surance in nearly all of the states and 
ranks as one of the strongest fire in- 
surance companies of the country. 
The attention of visitors is called 
to the fact that Manchester is the 
home office of this company and that 
its loyal force of local agents are di- 
rected from the Manchester office. 



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The emblematic sign of the New 
Hampshire Fire Insurance Company 
is the well-known and enduring Pro- 
file Rock, ofttimes called the "Old 
Man of the Mountains," in the White 
Mountain range. This wonder of na- 
ture has been adopted by the com- 
pany as its trade-mark, as typical of 
its strength and solidity. In like man- 
ner has the New Hampshire Fire In- 
surance Company endured the test of 
time having met its conflagration losses 
in Baltimore, San Francisco and Chel- 
sea in a manner that secured for it a 
place in the roll of honor list of the 
companies who promptly paid their 
losses in full and without discount. 
Visitors to the home ofifice of the com- 
pany are always welcome. 

The attention of the tourist is now 
invited to the factory and maufacture 
of the world-famous and greatest sell- 
ing ten cent cigar, the 7-20-4. The 
factory, a fine six-story building, near 
the Boston & Maine railway station, 
standing alone, affords the best venti- 
lation and light on all sides. The 
7-20-4 10 cent cigar was established by 



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Mr. R. G. Sullivan, the present pro- 
prietor, in 1874. He began with one 
cigar maker and now employs over one 
thousand persons in the manufacture 
of this cigar. Mr. Sullivan annually 
pays the United States government 
more than ^500,000 in duties on tobac- 
co imported and for revenue on cigars 
manufactured. This, with an approx- 
imate annual pay roll of ^600,000, 
gives, for two items only, some idea 
of the enormous output of the 7-20-4 
10-cent cigar. In the manufacture of 
this cigar there are used about 4,500 
bales of Havana tobacco, each bale 
containing about 140 pounds. This to- 
bacco is used entirely as a filler, as 
each 7-20-4 cigar contains long Havana 
filler, strictly hand made with im- 
ported Smatra wrapper and Connec- 
ticut broad leaf binder. For the 
wrappers there are used upwards 
of 400 to 450 bales of Sumatra 
leaf, imported from Amsterdam. This 
tobacco is grown in Sumatra, and is 
the finest wrapper grown in the known 
world. For binder purposes there are 
used annually of Connecticut broad 



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leaf tobacco, upwards of 1,200 to 1,500 
cases, each case weighing approxi- 
mately 850 pounds. This is the finest 
quality of tobacco grown in the United 
States, and is the only tobacco used 
for the binders in the 7-20-4 10-cent 
cigars. Above all, these cigars are 
entirely hand made, by skilful and 
well-paid cigar makers. 

Pine Island Park, popularly known 
as "the people's play ground," is one 
of the most popular pleasure and in- 
land bathing resorts in the state. A 
pleasant grove of pine trees along the 
shore of a beautiful sheet of water, it 
is well stocked with amusements for 
every taste. The bathing pavilion, 
rising above the smooth bathing beach, 
is most deservedly popular. A large 
wing is reserved for ladies, and they 
have at their disposal a pleasant sun 
parlor overlooking the water for rest 
and recreation after the bath. Expert 
swimmers are always in attendance 
and special attention is given to ladies 
and children. Swimming lessons may 
be arranged by those who wish. This 
is one of the most popular amusements 



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in the park. Dancing is always popu- 
lar, and the happy faces of the young 
people in step with the inspiring 
music of Hecker's Singing Orchestra, 
testify to the good time they are hav- 
ing. Then there is the penny arcade, 
roller skating rink, roller coaster, boat 
house and many other amusements, so 
that there is always a good time in 
store for the visitor. 

Lake Massabesic theater, reached 
by the Lake Massabesic car line, 
is the sunmier home of the mirthful 
musical comedy. Cooled by the 
breezes from the lake, one may enjoy 
the catchy music and mirth-provoking 
comedy. Light refreshments may be 
obtained and the dance hall across the 
way is deservedly popular. 
jRocJc JRimmon — In the west part of 
Manchester, but obscured from view 
by the intervening woods, is the fam- 
ous and historic Rock Rimmon. It is 
named for Rimmon, the sister of Min- 
eola whose husband, Wonalancet, son 
of Passaconaway, chief of the Penna- 
cooks, she secretly and madly loved. 
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thought of making no changes in his 
domestic arrangements, became dejec- 
ted and threw herself from the gigan- 
tic rock which now bears her name. 

Oak Hill and Weston Observatory — In 
the east part of Manchester may be 
seen Oak Hill, with an altitude of 537 
feet. Upon this hill is located the 
Weston Observatory, a wonderful view 
point, a work of beauty, and a testimo- 
nial to the beneficence of Ex-Gov. 
James A. Weston. 

Merrimack Hiver — Meaning "Deep or 
profound" river, is a most beautiful 
stream which is formed at Frankhn 
by the union of the Pemigewasset and 
Winnipiseogee rivers. It moves maj- 
estically along and is augmented by 
the Contoocook, Soucook, Suncook, 
Piscataquog and Nashua rivers, be- 
sides many streams of different sizes. 
The waters of this river once bore to 
safety and. friends the brave Hannah 
Dustin, after putting her Indian cap- 
tors to rest by the aid of a good toma- 
hawk and one or two other captives. 
This river runs more spindles than any 
other river in the world, to say nothing 



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of Other industries found along its 
banks. From the Uncanoonuc it is 
seen in the south part of Manchester. 
In Manchester and along the east bank 
of the Merrimack is still to be seen the 
remains of the old trade canal, which 
was either a part of or joined the old 
Middlesex Canal, in Massachusetts, 
furnishing transportation from Con- 
cord, N. H., to Boston in the early 
days. In those days people found no 
fault with railroad rates. The Merri- 
mack flows through Franklin, Con- 
cord, Manchester and Nashua in New 
Hampshire, and through Lowell, Law- 
rence and Haverhill in Massachusetts. 

Massabesic Lake — Meaning "the great 
or large lake or pond," is a little south 
east from Uncanoonuc, in the direct 
line of Manchester, is 256 feet above 
sea level and is 13 miles away. On 
the eastern side of this lake is plainly 
seen the residence of Walter M. Par- 
ker, and a little further to the north is 
to be seen the village of Auburn. 

Rattlesnake Hill — In Auburn, is seen 
also from here. 

Thompson's Hill— Mdig, bear. S. 48 25 
E.,isin Massachusetts, between Salem 



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and Cape Ann, and is 50.62 miles 
away, with an altitude of 271 feet. 

Holt's mil— Mag. bear. S. 24 47 E., is in 
Massachusetts, south east of the cities 
of Lowell and Lawrence; 34.02 miles; 
altitude 399 feet. 

Hunker Hill Monument — On clear days 
may be seen. 

Blue Hill— Mag. bear. S. 13 10 E., is 
in Massachusetts, south of Boston, 
58.46 miles distant, with an altitude of 
590 feet. 

Nashua — Named from the Indian river 
of the same name and meaning, "The 
river with the pebbly bottom." And 
some contend that it took its name 
from the Nashaway Indians. 

Wac/msett — Meaning "At the Moun- 
tain." Mag. bear. S. 35 36 W., is in 
Princeton, Mass.; 37.34 miles; altitude 
2,025 feet; 14 miles north of Worces- 
ter. 

It was from this mountain that a 
young converted Indian, in love with 
the daughter of a Natick farmer, de- 
scried the location of the Indian cap- 
tors of his sweetheart and her parents. 
He mingled with this band, gained a 




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position of trust which he used to 
liberate his friends, with whom he fled. 
He married the girl, whose parents 
now offered no further objections. 

Jfasow— Town of. Mag. bear. S. 47 03 
W.; 19.56 miles. 

Joe English — Is south and perhaps a lit- 
tle west of the Uncanoonucs, in New 
Boston, and attains an altitude of 1,100 
feet. It forms the head of a fanciful 
human likeness, with the Uncanoo- 
nucs and Shirley Hill as the breasts 
and abdomen. Its southern extremi- 
ty is an abrupt precipice of huge frag- 
ments of granite, appearing as a huge 
mountain of broken rock. 

Aside from all this, Joe English is 
highly popular because of the follow- 
ing history, to wit: "One of the last 
of our Indians who lived in the valley 
of the Piscataquog was Joe English. 
He was the grandson of Wosconomet, 
sagamore of the Agawams at the 
mouth of the Merrimack. In Queen 
Ann's war, 1705, he was the firm 
friend of the whites, and from this 
fact he got his name. The other In- 
dians thought he told their plans, to 



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rob and kill the settlers, and they de- 
termined to kill him the first good 
chance. One day after a weary hunt 
he had put away his two guns in a 
hollow tree, which was still alive and 
growing, to protect them from the 
dampness of the night, (the father 
of Dea. James Cochran, of New Bos- 
ton, found these guns many years af- 
ter in the same hollow tree, each loaded 
with three balls), and was resting in 
the twilight by his wigwam. A slight 
noise startled him, and looking sharp 
he saw three Indians creeping stealth- 
ily towards him. In a moment he 
was off for the hill that bears his 
name. 

He knew the chances were against 
him in a long race, so made up his 
mind to outwit his pursuers. He ran 
slowly, that they might think him an 
easy prey and be the more eager to 
take him. They were almost on him 
at the top of the hill, when off he went 
again at great speed and they strained 
every nerve to keep up. Joe soon 
came to the brink of the cliff. Quick 
as a flash he sprang one side behind 



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a high, jutting rock and held his 
breath that they might not hear and 
find him. It was but a moment; the 
fast, light steps of his foes were heard 
flying past, and then with a screech 
the dark forms went down on the rocks 
below. Dead! They were food for 
eagles and wolves. Joe did not dare go 
back to his wigwam. He made his way 
to the settlements in the south part of 
the state, where he thought he would 
be safe. But the Indians determined 
to have his life, and on July 27, 1706, 
near Dunstable, now Nashua, they 
ambushed him, shot him through the 
thigh, and then one of them hurried a 
tomahawk in his brain. Thus died 
Joe English, the white man's friend; 
and Massachusetts gave a grant to his 
wife and two children because, as the 
words of the grant have it, *he died 
in the service of his country.' " 

Mont Vernon Church — Mag. bear. S. 46 
18. W.; is in the town of Mont Ver- 
non; 7.61 miles. 

Bahoosic Pond — In the town of Am- 
herst, is just a little farther in the 
west, and is plainly visible. Baboosic 



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is from the Indian of the Massachu- 
setts, from the word Paposuc, mean- 
ing baby and at, or "At the Baby 
Lake." 
Monadnock — A composition of two 
words means "At the Silver Moun- 
tain." Mag. bear. S. 83 54 W.; is in 
town of Jaffrey; 27.68 miles; alti- 
tude 3,186 feet. Between this moun- 
tain and the left summit of the Uncan- 
oonucs runs the base line carefully 
laid by the United States Government 
in the coast survey, and the triangula- 
tion of New Hampshire. 

Some people maintain that they 
have seen Lowell, Haverhill and the 
whole Merrimack valley from the Unca- 
noonucs, but of this we are not positive. 

WATER SUPPLY 

The fine, sparkling and health-giv- 
ing water, which is pumped up the 
mountain by the latest improved electric 
machinery, is not the least of the attrac- 
tions offered by this now immensely pop- 
ular resort. The supply is always pure 
and sufficient. Many other fine springs. 



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producing the best of water, are to be 
found at various places within the 
grounds. Yet the management, with all 
this abundance of water, against a future 
and possible urgent need of water, are 
spending thousands of dollars in sinking 
artesian wells at the summit. While 
the water of the place is not the 
least of its attractions, we mention it 
last, in order that the prospective visitor 
may be duly impressed with the fact that 
pure, clean and healthy water, in suffi- 
cient quantities, is here given the great- 
est consideration by the management. 

WHY THE UNCANOONUC IS THE FINEST 
PLEASURE RESORT IN NEW ENGLAND 

1. Unsurpassed scenery of four states 

and ocean. 

2. Perfect panorama presented in 

every direction. 

3. The elevation is sufficient without 

rarified atmosphere. 

4. A magnificent view of Manchester, 

day and night. 

5. Hundreds of acres of forests. 

6. Balmy, invigorating air. 



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7. Pure, cold, sparkling water. 

8. Direct connection with all electric 

and steam roads. 

9. A populous and enterprising terri- 

tory to draw from. 

10. Through excursion trains from all 

Massachusetts and New Hamp- 
shire cities. 

11. Only eight miles from the fast 

growing city of Manchester. 

12. Many people own summer homes 

there. 

13. Large grounds for field sports, base 

ball, etc. 

14. A grand place for picnic parties, 

associations, clubs, orders, etc., to 
hold field days and outings. 

15. The incline railway is a great at- 

traction in itself, one half mile in 
length, 33 per cent, grade. 

16. Cars operated by both electric mo- 

tors and cable. 

17. Automatic safety appliances make 

this road absolutely safe, and ac- 
cidents impossible. 

18. Large observation cars, seating six- 

ty people, make half-hourly trips. 

19. The Uncanoonuc Incline Railway 

Company owns the connecting 



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trolley line, thereby insuring the 
best of connections. 

BUILDING LOTS 

The building sites owned by the 
Company are being rapidly taken up, 
many homes being already established. 
However, many fine sites may yet be 
purchased at very fair prices. 

HOW TO GET TO THE UNCANOONUC 
MOUNTAINS 

Parties wishing to pass a day at the 
Uncanoonuc, may go there from Man- 
chester by steam or electrics. The Bos- 
ton & Maine R. R., North Weare Branch, 
runs two trains a day, each way, all of 
them stopping at Shirley, from which 
place the Uncanoonuc Mountain cars 
start. If you wish to travel by electrics, 
take the Goffstown car, which is usually 
marked "This car for the Uncanoonuc 
Mountain," and which runs half-hourly 
between the City Hall in Manchester 
and Goffstown, passing through Shirley. 
The trolley ride of two and one half 
miles, from Shirley to the base of the 






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mountain, affords a charming view of 
the surrounding country. In June, ^ 

when the mountain laurel is in full 
bloom, the ride is especially charming. 
Come to visit the Uncanoonucs first, 
and then come to stay. 

INFORMATION 

For information of all kinds, per- 
taining in any way to the mountain and 
its environs, the railway and its opera- 
tion, prices of lots and rentals of the 
grounds or buildings, address: 

Henry A. Laxon, Gen. Man., 

Uncanoonuc Mountain. 

J. B. Pattee, Treasurer, 

Manchester. N. H. 



DIRECTORY OF MOUNTAIN 
COTTAGE OWNERS 



Bartlett, James Base Park 

Batchelder, J. Warren . , . Uncanoonuc Avenue 

Bellaire, David Railroad Avenue 

Bird, Edith Chestnut Lane 

Boisvert, Edmond Oak Avenue 

Boisvert, Victor and Peter . . . Incline Avenue 

Boyd, John H Incline Avenue 

Brown, Parker R., Birch Lane and Summit Park 

Burns, Henry A Shirley Hill Road 

Campbell, A. B Cedar Lane 

Capen, Arthur E Chestnut Lane 

Carroll, Miss Clara Beech Lane 

Currier, James E. Cram Road 

Cram, Hattie Cram Road 

DeMarais, A. A Uncannonuc Avenue 

Donnelly, Bridget . Incline Avenue 

Dumbleton, George M Chestnut Lane 

Estabrook, George O Birch Lane 

Person, John Cram Road 

Foster, Harry Cram Road 

Foss, F. Plummer Birch Lane 



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Gage, Charles F Shirley Hill Road 

Henderson, A. J. and W. F Birch Lane 

Holt, Fred Cram Road 

Kendrick, Charles S. Beech Lane 

Kilton, Orrin A Mountain Lane 

Knoettner, Mrs. Bertha Spring Lane 

Laxon, E. Grace Uncanoonuc Avenue 

Littlefield, Chauncey B Cedar Lane 

Levering, John W Maple Lane 

Marineau, A. D Uncanoonuc Avenue 

Metcalf, Mabel Chestnut Lane 

Morin, N. P Incline Avenue 

Noyes, George Uncanoonuc Avenue 

Patnode, B. N Uncanoonuc Avenue 

Pratt, Sidney W Uncanoonuc Avenue 

Roby, Lyman J Beech Lane 

Schneider, Robert Incline Avenue 

Smith, J. Brodie Crescent Lane 

Stiles, William Shirley Hill Road 

Straw, Dr. Zatas Birch Lane 

Swallow, George W Birch Lane 

Williams, J. Arthur Shirley Hill Road 

Wilson, Romy Uncanoonuc Avenue 




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7he Old Man of the Mountain 




"Men hang out their signs in- 
dicative of their respecftive trades; 
shoemakers hang out a gigantic 
shoe; jewelers a monster watch; 
even the dentist hangs out a gold 
tooth; but up in the Franconia 
Mountains, God Almighty has 
hung out a sign to show that in 
New England HE MAKES 
MEN."— Daniel Webster. 



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